Topics About 'First Year Nursing'.

I don't often reply on this site, or other sites for that matter, however, tonight sleep eludes me and my thoughts interrupt the quiet until the need to pee forces me out of bed, rinse repeat. I read the boards with threads and comments encompassing ...

I mentioned it to one of my co-workers, right after I did it. She said "AWWWWWW!" as you would coo at a child's accomplishments. She was delighted and mentioned it to someone else. They grinned from ear to ear, and it was obvious that they remembered...

January - Newborn ICU Dream JobI was making cold hard cash. I had an awesome preceptor for orientation. I was signing my name with RN behind it, I was giving meds all by myself, I was a nurse, woo hoo, life couldn't be any better. Everything I had wo...

There are some things for which school prepares you. How to spike an IV bag, how to administer standard medications as scheduled; how to make the perfect care plan. Yet nursing is not about the perfect care plan, and although one can, as a nurse, pri...

No industry is completely immune to recessions, and the nursing profession was arguably jolted by the Great Recession of 2008. Many new nurses have graduated from various schools of nursing across the country over the past few years and thought to th...

I had a great day and couldn't wait to come back... This was so awesome and I was a NURSE! Well, guess what? Reality soon settled in and all of a sudden I felt like a ship lost at sea. No one helped me, my preceptor was condescending and wanted to kn...

No matter which discipline you chose to be a part of, there is a wealth of learning opportunity awaiting you. Listen to those nurses (old and new) around you. Don't assume you have all the answers. If you have questions...ask! Asking someone else for...

After all, I am older, but not quite old. I have been in the trenches quite a few years (and wish I could be on the benches for some of those days). I am not quite jaded (just a tinge green - maybe bile colored?) but still love what I do. So new nurs...

A few months into the program, I realized.....that *I* was not going to make it through this alone. I read a lot of books. Stayed up lots of nights. Tried to make it. Struggled. Cried. Wept. And then I remembered to go to the Bible...the Greatest Ref...

As we sat resting our poor feet, the student nurses arrived on the floor. Taking in their crisp white uniforms, we glanced down at our wrinkled scrubs. Noticing their bright, shiny faces, I sneaked a peak at my co-workers. Our hair hung in our faces,...